David Garrick

Writer

David Garrick has covered San Diego City Hall since early 2014. Before that, he covered North County for 16 years for the Union-Tribune, North County Times and Pomerado Newspapers. Garrick graduated from Coronado High School and UC Berkeley and received a master's in journalism from New York University. He spent his early newspaper career in New York City.

Recent Articles

South Bay cities are uniting against a new San Diego effort to fight chronic homelessness, contending a proposed criminal “halfway house” near Imperial Beach would bring danger to the area and hurt the economy. The mayors of Chula Vista, National City, Imperial Beach and Coronado recently sent...

Seeking to boost suppression of wildfires, San Diego plans to spend $34 million on a cutting-edge firefighting helicopter and a new hangar at Montgomery-Gibbs Field to house the new chopper and two older models the city operates. The new helicopter, which would cost $20 million, is capable of dropping...

A new plan could help solve San Diego’s housing shortage and reduce a rash of vacant storefronts in buildings that were intended to have ground-floor commercial tenants operating below multiple stories of housing. The many ground-floor vacancies in such buildings, which are called “mixed-use,”...

Most of San Diego’s pot farms and marijuana manufacturing sites will be concentrated in three areas of the city: Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa and near the Mexican border. More than 85 percent of such businesses proposed last week during an initial wave of applications are in one of those three areas....

San Diego will select its new police chief this winter using a three-stage interview process including two dozen community leaders, city officials announced this week. The community leaders – 18 with no city affiliation and six from city boards and commissions – will be selected by Mayor Kevin...

A group of disabled homeless people filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against San Diego, challenging its enforcement of laws that prevent homeless people from living and sleeping in recreational vehicles. The nine homeless men and women say they have no choice but to live in their RVs and park...

A new analysis shows San Diego is facing significant budget deficits over the next three years that could become much worse if there is an economic downturn. It’s uncommon for cities to face deficits in a relatively strong economy, but San Diego officials say revenue growth has slowed while expenses...

The race begins Thursday to become one of 40 businesses in San Diego that will be allowed to legally operate an indoor pot farm or a manufacturing site for edible marijuana products. City officials plan to hold a lottery on Wednesday to determine which applicants get the first chance to submit...